Algorithms Contract Job Trends in the North West

Algorithms
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 103 120
Rank change year-on-year -48 +17 +30
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 8 23 17
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.26% 1.17% 0.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 4.18% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 8
10th Percentile - £466 £463
25th Percentile £160 £491 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £548 £538
Median % change year-on-year -65.30% +1.86% -4.70%
75th Percentile £238 £631 £656
90th Percentile £370 £672 £669
England median daily rate £550 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £22.59 -
25th Percentile - £22.72 £52.50
Median hourly rate £74.26 £25.43 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +192.02% -53.76% -17.53%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £57.50
90th Percentile - £29.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +120.00%

All Generic Skills
North West

Algorithms falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,004 550 766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.25% 28.03% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 371 516
10th Percentile £215 £203 £297
25th Percentile £358 £358 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £551 £588 £575
90th Percentile £625 £669 £659
England median daily rate £513 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 42 81
10th Percentile £19.75 £21.19 £13.00
25th Percentile £35.55 £24.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £29.52 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +54.02% +16.89% -27.86%
75th Percentile £74.26 £33.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £89.00 £72.25 £46.18
England median hourly rate £45.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.57% +27.27% +22.22%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the North West

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the North West over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the North West

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lancashire -12 4 £180 -67.27% 5
Manchester -24 2 £500 +1.01% 11
Merseyside - 2 £205 - 5
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) JWT
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth2
1 1 (12.50%) PyTorch
1 1 (12.50%) RESTful
1 1 (12.50%) scikit-learn
1 1 (12.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Structures
1 3 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
3 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Application Security
4 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
4 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Key Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) R
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes